New Semester Guide
Follow these instruction when creating a new semester guide.
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- Find your course
- Log in to D2L Brightspace and search for your course. Try searching with the Course ID or the Title of the course.
- Pin courses
- Remove old courses and pin new courses for start of the semester.
- Change Course Title Image
- Select Edit Course from the course navigation bar.
- Select Course Offering Information.
- Under Course Image click Browse to upload your own banner. D2L recommends an image of 2400 x 960 pixels for the best image quality.
- Under Homepage Banner check the box that says display the image in a banner on the course homepage
- Copy over course content
- Follow the instructions in the copy course tutorial.
- Check course activation date
- Select Edit Course from the course navigation bar.
- Select Course Offering Information.
- Under the section titled "Active", and select the checkbox by "Course is Active"
- Confirm the Start Date and End Date are correct
- Review your syllabus and schedule
- Revise your dates and activities and upload your syllabus. Follow these instructions on how to upload content.
- Check eLearning start/due/end dates
- Course content modules
- Quizzes
- Assignments (Dropbox)
- Discussions
- Gradebook
- Compare the point values to your syllabus and revise where necessary. Review the grades tool overview for guides.
- Check links and accessibility
- Go through each module and activity to check that links work. Make sure your course syllabus is accessible (ADA Compliant).
- Create a “Welcome to Class” news item
- Include the course name, number and a note from you! Learn more about how to create a news item.
- Watch this example welcome video.
- Update faculty profile widget
- The faculty profile widget is your way to tell students in your class a little about who you are as well as give pertinent information about your class. This widget falls in line with best practices for online teaching as a way of giving a “face” for students.
- Find your course